MSc in Comparative Politics
Programme code: TMCP
Department: Government
This information is for the 2016/17 session.
Full-year programme. Students must take papers to the value of four full units as shown. All students are required to write a 10,000-word dissertation. Note that some of the courses must be taken together. Part-time students may take up to four courses in their first year. All students, except those opting for No Specialism, must choose one of the following streams: Democracy and Democratization, Nationalism and Ethnic Politics, Comparative Political Economy, Popular Politics, Comparative Political Institutions, Politics of the Developing World, and take a minimum of one full unit from within that stream.
Guidelines for interpreting programme regulations
Core Elements | ||
Paper |
Course number and title | |
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1 |
Introduction to Comparative Politics (H) | |
2 |
Dissertation | |
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Specialisms | ||
Paper |
Course number and title | |
3 |
Comparative Democratization in a Global Age (H) | |
4 |
One half-unit from the following: | |
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Democracy in East and South Asia (H) (n/a 16/17) | ||
Globalisation and Democracy (H) (n/a 16/17) | ||
Democracy and Development in Latin America (H) | ||
Democratization and its Discontents in Southeast Asia (H) (n/a 16/17) | ||
Capitalism and Democracy (H) | ||
Citizen Representation and Democracy in the European Union (H) | ||
5 |
Courses to the value of 1.5 units, either from Paper 4 above, or from the approved paper option list. | |
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Paper |
Course number and title | |
3 |
Nationalism | |
4 |
One half-unit from the following: | |
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Ethnic Diversity and International Society (H) | |
War, Peace and the Politics of National Self-Determination (H) | ||
Warfare and National Identity (H) | ||
GV4G6 |
Nationalism and Global Politics (H) (withdrawn 16/17) | |
Subnational Politics in Comparative Perspective (H) (n/a 16/17) | ||
5 |
Courses to the value of 1 unit, either from Paper 4 above, or from the approved paper option list. | |
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Paper |
Course number and title | |
3 |
States and Markets (H) | |
4 |
One half-unit from the following: | |
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The Politics of Inequality and Redistribution (H) | |
Capitalism and Democracy (H) | ||
Institutions in the Global Economy (H) | ||
Politics of Social Policy: Welfare and Work in Comparative Perspective (H) | ||
5 |
Courses to the value of 1.5 units, either from Paper 4 above, or from the approved paper option list. | |
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Paper |
Course number and title | |
3 |
Courses to the value of 1 unit from the following: | |
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Citizens' Political Behaviour in Europe: Elections Public Opinion and Identities (H) | ||
Democratization and its Discontents in Southeast Asia (H) (n/a 16/17) | ||
Local Power in an Era of Globalization, Democratization and Decentralization (H) (n/a 16/17) | ||
Popular Politics in the Middle East (H) (n/a 16/17) | ||
Citizen Representation and Democracy in the European Union (H) | ||
4 |
Courses to the value of 1.5 units, either from Paper 3 above, or from the approved paper option list. | |
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Paper |
Course number and title | |
3 |
Courses to the value of 1 unit from the following: | |
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The State and Political Institutions in Latin America (H) (n/a 16/17) | |
Parties, Elections and Governments (H) | ||
Legislative Politics: US (H) (n/a 16/17) | ||
Legislative Politics: European Parliament (H) (n/a 16/17) | ||
Organisations, Power and Leadership (H) | ||
Conflict and Institutional Design in Divided Societies (H) | ||
4 |
Courses to the value of 1.5 units, either from Paper 3 above, or from the approved paper option list. | |
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Paper |
Course number and title | |
3 |
Courses to the value of 1 unit from the following: | |
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Democracy in East and South Asia (H) (n/a 16/17) | |
Government and Politics in China | ||
The State and Political Institutions in Latin America (H) (n/a 16/17) | ||
Democracy and Development in Latin America (H) | ||
Popular Politics in the Middle East (H) (n/a 16/17) | ||
African Politics, Wars and Violence (H) | ||
The History and Politics of the Modern Middle East (n/a 16/17) | ||
4 |
Courses to the value of 1.5 units, either from Paper 3 above, or from the approved paper option list. | |
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Paper |
Course number and title | |
3 |
Courses to the value of 2.5 units from any of the specialisms or from the approved paper option list. | |
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Approved Paper Option List (for all Comparative Politics streams) | ||
The Anthropology of Development (H) * | ||
Anthropology of Politics (H) * | ||
Ethnic Diversity and International Society (H) * | ||
Muslims in Europe (H) | ||
Democracy, Ideology and the European State (H) * | ||
Government and Politics in Central and Eastern Europe (H) | ||
International Migration and Immigration Management (H) | ||
The Politics of Civil Wars (H) | ||
The Second Europe (H) | ||
Globalisation, Conflict and Post-Totalitarianism (H) | ||
Contemporary India: The World's Largest Democracy in the Early 21st Century (H) | ||
Subnational Politics in Comparative Perspective (H) (n/a 16/17) | ||
Public Opinion, Political Psychology and Citizenship (H) | ||
Gender and Militarisation (H) * | ||
European Integration in the Twentieth Century * | ||
Russia and Eurasia: Foreign and Security Policies (n/a 16/17) | ||
Foreign Policy Analysis III * | ||
Doing Ethnography (H) (L) | ||
Politics of Social Policy: Welfare and Work in Comparative Perspective (H) * | ||
A course from the Government Department or another department, with the consent of the convener of MSc Comparative Politics and the teacher of the course. | ||
Notes | ||
† Students on a particular specialism will have automatic right of entry to the courses listed under the specialism. Other students will have access subject to availability. | ||
